CHAMPIONSHIP ATHLETIC MEETING.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2316, 9 February 1892, Page 3

CHAMPIONSHIP ATHLETIC MEETING.

Christchurch, Feb. 6

The Amateur Championship Sports were postponed for an hour on account of the track being too soft from the rain of the previous night. The weather was dull and threatening, but there was a very good attendance. The programme opened at 3.30 with the 250 Yards Flat Championship.

The first heat was won by J. H. Hempton in 27 2-sth sees, and the second toy Peter Wood in 27 l-sth secß. Final Heat. T 3. Hempton (Hawke's Bay) 1 P. Wood (Christchurch) 2 IT. L. Gurr (Wellington) 3 Buchanan (Auckland) also started. Time—26 2-sth sees. Three Mile Walking Championship of New Zealand. (Record, 23min 37 2-sth sees.)

Cocks ... ... ... 1 Burton 2 Bain (Dunedin) 3 Only these started. Cocks led from the start, and won by three yards. Timo, 23min 16 2-sth sees. This beats the New Zealand record. The race was the best ever seen in the colony. Hal? Mile Flat Championship. (Record 2min.) J. P. Grierson (Canterbury) 1 O. G. Rees (Canterbury) 2 D. Wood (Canterbury) ... ... 3 Seven others started. Time, 2min 3sec. One Mile Safety Bicycle Championship. A. C. Willmot (Canterbury) 1 W. L. Kerr (Sydney) 2 Jit. P. Clarkson (Canterbury) ... 3 Won by about 20 yards. Time, 2min 43sec. High Jump. Meyrick (Manawatu), sft Bin ... 1 Cuff Canterbury), sft 4in 2 Hackett (Auckland), sft 3in 3 Gore, Moir, and Postlethwaite also competed. Three Mile Ordinary Bicycle. Kingston (Dunedin) 1 Wilson (Canterbury) 2 Hayward (Canterbury) 3 Clarkson and Ledaham (Canterbury) .also started. Won by 10 yards. Time, !9min 53 2-sth sees. Ten Mile Safety Bicycle Bace. Kerr (Sydney) 1 Willmot (North Canterbury) 2 Langdown (Canterbury) 3 •- Clarkson and Rallingshaw (Canterbury) also started. Kerr, going away as he liked, won by 500 yards. Time, 32min 49 2-sth sees. 120 Yards Hurdles. Moir (Canterbury) 1 Postlethwaite (Canterbury) t JBatger (Wellington) t Cuff won the first heat, and Batger the second, the final resulting as above. Time, 16 3-sth sees.

1 Mile Flat. IBurke (Dunedin) 1 Rees (Canterbury) 2 Wood (Canterbury) 3 Farquhar (Auckland), and Neil (Dunedin) also started. A great race resulted in a foot victory for Burke; Wood 4 yards away, third. Time, 4min 42 4-sth sees.

10 Mile Bicycle Race, Ordinary. I Clarkson (Canterbury) 1 . Hayward (Canterbury) 2 (Dunedin) 3 Thompson and Wilson also started. "Won by 2 yards, with Kingston 10 yards away third. Time, 35min 6 4-sth sec. Feb. 6. 100 Yards Flat (last champion W. F. McPherson, New South Wales). The first heat was won by J. H. Hempton (Hawke's Bay) in lOmin J 1 l-sth sees, and the second by J. Buchanan (Auckland) in the same time. Final Heat. „ J. H. Hempton... 1 "W. Hayward ... 2 3. Buchanan 3 Balche also started. Time, 9 4-sth sec. One Mile Walk. (Last champion A. F. Burton, Auckland. A. F. Burton (Auckland) , 1 H. S. Cocks (Canterbury) 2 A. Bain (Dunedin) 3 Won by 10 yards, Bain 3 yards away third. Time 7min 5 4-6th sees. One Mile Ordinary Bicycle Championship. (Last champion A. C Willmot). Willmot (North Canterbury)... ~. 1 Wilson (Canterbury) 2 Hayward (Canterbury) 3 Barker (Canterbury), Kingston (DunLedsham (Canterbury), Pither (Auckland), and Thompson (Canterbury), also started, Kerr won by 40 yards, with Hayward 10 yards away third. Time, 2inin 52 2-sth sees. Five Mile Safety Bicycye. Kerr (Sydney) 1 Willmot (Canterbury) ... ... 2 Clarkson (Canterbury) ... ... 3 Langsdown (Canterbury), North (Canterbury), and Rallinshaw (Canterbury), ako started. Kerr won by a quarter of a mile from Willmot, with Clarkson 10 yards away third. Time, 14min 48sec. 440 Yards Flat Championship. (Last champion, W. F, McPherson, New South Wales). Peter Wood (Canterbury) 1 /J. F. Grierson (Canterbury) 2 y Low (Dunedin) ... 3 "• Hutchison (Auckland) and Gurr (Wellington) ako Btarted. Time, 52 l-sth sec. Long Jump. Last champion T. F. Upfill, Auckland.) Upfill (Auckland), 20ft Jin 1 Postlethwaite (Canterbury), 19ft llin 2 O'Connor (Auckland) also competed,

I Five Mile Ordinary Bicycle. (Last j champion A. C. Willmot, North { Canterbury). I Kingston (Dunedin) 1 A. C. Willmot (North Canterbury) ... 2 Wilson (Canterbury) 3 Barker (Canterbury), Hay ward (Canterbury), Pither (Auckland), and Thompson (Canterbury), also started. Won easily by 40 yards, Willmot 10 yards ahead of Wilson. Time, 15min 24 2-sth sees. Three Mile Flat (last champion D. Wood, Canterbury). D. Wood (Canterbury) ... ... 1 Rees (Canterbury) ... ... ... 2 Farquhar (Auckland) 3 Neii (Dunedin), Leversedge (Canterbury), Nicol (Canterbury), Roebuck Canterbury), Haynes (Dunedin), Burke (Dunedin), Bauchop (Dunedin), also started. Won comfortably by 75 yards, Farquhar the same distance away third, 15 yards ahead of Neil. Time, 15min 43sec. 440 Yards Hurdles (last champion H. W. Batger, Wellington.) Batger (Wellington) ... ... ... 1 Moir (Canterbury) 2 Hackett (Auckland) 3 Won comfortably by 10 yards. Time, 61 4-sth sees. 25 Mile Safety Bicycle. Kerr (New South Wales) 1 Hayward (Canterbury) 2 Kingston (Dunedin) 3 Clarkson (Canterbury), Langdown (Canterbury), Rallinshaw (Canterbury), also started. Kerr, riding at his own pace all the way, won by over a mile from Hayward. Time, 70min 44sec. Pole Jump. (Last champion T. F. Upfill, Auckland). West (Canterbury), 10ft 1 Upfill (Auckland), 9ft 6in 2 Robinson (Canterbury) also competed. Putting 16lb Weight. T. O'Connor (Auckland), 34ft Bin ... 1 j Moir (Canterbury), 34ft sin 2 Stone (Auckland), 32ft Bin 3 Wigley (Canterbury) also competed. During the afternoon Batger put up a New Zealand record for the 120 Yards Hurdles, viz., 16secs.